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Chong Kun Dang's COVID-19 treatment denied conditional approval

Korea's drug safety agency said Wednesday that Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical's acute pancreatitis drug has failed to get conditional approval as a treatment for the novel coronavirus.An advisory board consisting of outside experts under the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced its review on the efficacy and safety of the drug, Nafabeltan.Nafabeltan, a blood anticoagulant and acute pancreatitis treatment, developed by Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical / YonhapThe panel said the drug, currently used as a blood anticoagulant and acute pancreatitis treatment, failed to show effectiveness in treating COVID-19 in its second-phase clinical trial.The panel's review is the first step of three separate independent evaluations before the ministry gives final approval.The ministry said it will not proceed with further evaluations and support a phase-three clinical trial for Nafabeltan.Local drug firms have joined a race to win approval for the country's second COVID-19 treatment after pharmaceutical giant Celltrion's CT-P59, an anti-COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment, became the first home

Mar 17, 2021
Chong Kun Dang's COVID-19 treatment denied conditional approval

Doubts re-emerge over safety of AstraZenca vaccines

Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency Commissioner (KDCA) Jeong Eun-kyeong appears at a hearing at the National Assembly, Wednesday. YonhapBy Do Je-hae Concerns are rising again over the safety of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, as a suspected case of blood clotting after inoculation has been reported here, following dozens of similar cases in Europe.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said AstraZeneca vaccine injections will continue since no causal relation between the vaccine and the symptom has been confirmed. But concerned citizens could choose to avoid receiving injections, hindering the vaccination schedule and the government's plan to achieve herd immunity by November.According to the KDCA, Wednesday, one suspected death was reported due to blood clotting following an AstraZeneca vaccine injection. The person, a woman in her 60s who had been at a nursing home, died on March 6 after receiving an AstraZeneca vaccine shot on Feb. 26. An initial autopsy showed she had developed blood clots.The latest fatality comes amid dozens of deaths from blood clots f

Mar 17, 2021By Do Je-hae
Doubts re-emerge over safety of AstraZenca vaccines
  • New infections on Thursday in 400s for 2nd day, upturn in virus curve worrisome
  • Gov't considering introducing 'vaccination leave'

Foreign residents call mandatory COVID-19 testing 'discrimination'

Foreign workers line up to take coronavirus tests in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, Tuesday, as local authorities ordered all foreign workers there to undergo testing by March 22. Yonhap By Bahk Eun-jiLocal governments' administrative orders for all foreign workers in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province to undergo COVID-19 testing have elicited protests among foreign residents, who criticize the program as discriminatory and unnecessary. On Tuesday, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said it would issue an order for all foreign workers and their employers to undergo coronavirus testing by March 31, following a similar measure taken by the surrounding Gyeonggi Province last week.Many foreign residents said the labeling of all of them as a “high-risk group” for contracting and spreading the virus was racist and discriminatory, and also complained about unclear guidelines of who needs testing as well as the insufficient preparation for carrying out tests on everyone. There are 242,6

Mar 17, 2021By Bahk Eun-ji
Foreign residents call mandatory COVID-19 testing 'discrimination'

New infections rebound to 400s

A medical worker conducts a coronavirus test on a man at a makeshift testing center in Seoul, Wednesday. YonhapSouth Korea's daily new coronavirus cases bounced back to over 400 Wednesday on increased virus tests and a continued rise in cluster infections, stoking woes over a resurgence down the road. The country reported 469 more COVID-19 cases, including 452 local infections, raising the total caseload to 96,849, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.The daily caseload was sharply up from 363 on Tuesday. During the first two days of this week, the daily virus cases stayed in the 300s on account of fewer tests over the weekend. In order to sharply flatten the virus curve, health authorities plan to enhance infection prevention measures at public facilities in the greater Seoul area, home to more than half of the country's 52 million population.About 30 facilities such as public parks, department stores and shopping malls, which are deemed to be susceptible to virus transmission among visitors, will be under strict scrutiny for virus curbs.A total of 621,734 peo

Mar 17, 2021
New infections rebound to 400s

A person who died after getting AstraZeneca jab confirmed to have had blood clots: authorities

This file photo taken on March 11, 2021, shows vials of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Paris. AFPSouth Korean health authorities said Wednesday that the rollout of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will continue despite major European countries' decision to pause vaccinations to investigate reported side effects.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said in a press release that there is no evidence suggesting correlation between vaccines manufactured by British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and Oxford University and reports of blood clots in some recipients.A total of some 20 European countries, including Germany, France and Italy, have suspended use of AstraZeneca's vaccine pending the outcome of investigations into blood cots in people who had received it.International regulators, however, have said there is no proven evidence that the shots are related to the blood clots. The World Health Organization said the risk of hospitalization and death outweigh the risks of possible side effects.Europe's medicines watchdog, the European Medicines Agency (EMA

Mar 17, 2021
A person who died after getting AstraZeneca jab confirmed to have had blood clots: authorities
  • New infections on Thursday in 400s for 2nd day, upturn in virus curve worrisome

Korea's AstraZeneca vaccination plan could change

Vials of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine / Reuters-Yonhap By Jung Da-minKorea's nationwide COVID-19 vaccination program could face an unexpected setback, with the government saying Tuesday that it would monitor the suspension of AstraZeneca's vaccine use by some European nations, due to reported side effects, before deciding on what measures it would take.Earlier last week, the government approved inoculations using the British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant's vaccine for people aged 65 and older, which it had initially suspended, after new overseas studies showed its effectiveness for elderly citizens.However, 18 out of 27 EU member countries, including Germany, France, Italy and Spain, have suspended the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine as a precautionary measure following reports that some people receiving the shots developed blood clots.“If the upcoming European Medicines Agency (EMA) meeting reaches a conclusion that a more preventive approach is needed on the use o

Mar 16, 2021
Korea's AstraZeneca vaccination plan could change

Seoul orders all foreign workers to take COVID-19 tests

Foreigners and citizens wait to take coronavirus tests at a temporary screening center in Guri, Seoul, Tuesday. YonhapBy Bahk Eun-jiSeoul City has issued an administrative order for all foreign workers in the capital to undergo mandatory COVID-19 testing, similar to a measure announced last week by the Gyeonggi provincial government. The city said, Tuesday, all foreign workers and their employers will have to get tested for the coronavirus from Wednesday to March 31.The measure, drawn up together by the central government's antivirus headquarters, has come as sporadic infection clusters have emerged at some companies employing foreign workers in other parts of the country, including Gyeonggi Province.Testing and receiving treatment are free of charge, and the city government plans to increase capacity at makeshift testing sites to 3,600 tests per day. Employers may face fines if they or their workers do not abide by the order. “Whether documented or undocumented, we plan to make the order for all foreign employees,” Park Yoo-mi, the disease control official of the city go

Mar 16, 2021By Bahk Eun-ji
Seoul orders all foreign workers to take COVID-19 tests
  • Foreign residents left behind in COVID-19 information: study

Gov't seeks to recognize animals as 'living beings,' not 'objects'

Pet owners attend a pet fair at SETEC in Gangnam District, Seoul, Friday. YonhapLaw revision expected to enhance awareness of animal rightsBy Lee Hyo-jin For a country with around 1.5 million pet owners, Korea's legal framework for animal protection has been considered relatively weak, leading to low public awareness on animal welfare, and lenient punishment for animal cruelty. A major reason for this, pointed out by many animal rights activists, is because the civil code defines animals as “objects,” not living beings. Under the current law, animals are regarded as the property of their human owners, something that can be owned, traded and controlled without any of the basic rights that are given to people.Therefore, animal abusers often face relatively weak punishment proportional to their level of cruelty, as their sentences are based on the Property Damage Law and Animal Protection Law. But this may change, as the Ministry of Justice announced plans recently to amend the civil code to legally recognize animals as living entities. In response to an increasing number of

Mar 16, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
Gov't seeks to recognize animals as 'living beings,' not 'objects'

Greater Seoul area to expand testing on foreign workers at industrial complexes

In this Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, file photo, young people wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus ride bicycles at a park in Seoul. APThe Seoul metropolitan area will implement more stringent antivirus measures on virus-prone facilities and expand testing on foreign workers at industrial complexes in the area to better contain the coronavirus, the health authority said Tuesday.Health authorities said they will closely monitor 30 multi-use facilities, including parks, amusement parks, department stores and markets, in the wider Seoul area until March 31 in response to growing concerns over a rising number of visitors in spring.Authorities in Seoul and the surrounding Gyeonggi Province will also step up monitoring of workplaces considered vulnerable to group infections and expand preemptive testing on foreign workers at such facilities. The latest measure comes as the greater Seoul area, home to half of the country's 52 million population, has shown no sign of a letup in virus cases in recent weeks under eased distancing regulations.The daily new cases ho

Mar 16, 2021
Greater Seoul area to expand testing on foreign workers at industrial complexes
  • Foreign residents left behind in COVID-19 information: study
  • New infections in 300s for 2nd day

New infections in 300s for 2nd day

A visitor wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus, uses hand sanitizer, left, which placed for public use to protect against the coronavirus near a public park in Seoul, Monday, March 8, 2021. APSouth Korea's daily new coronavirus cases remained in the 300s for the second day Tuesday on fewer tests over the past weekend, as health authorities plan to unveil another set of restrictions in the greater Seoul area to sharply flatten the virus curve.The country reported 363 more COVID-19 cases, including 345 local infections, raising the total caseload to 96,380, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.The figure was slightly down from 382 on Monday. Over the past week, the daily new cases hovered around 400 on growing cluster infections, stoking concerns over a potential resurgence in virus cases.Health authorities plan to announce enhanced measures to prevent the resurgence of the virus in the greater Seoul area, where more than 80 percent of virus infections have been reported for a few months. The wider Seoul area is home to half of the country'

Mar 16, 2021
New infections in 300s for 2nd day
  • Greater Seoul area to expand testing on foreign workers at industrial complexes
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